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Archive for July, 2008

Realizing Where I Am - Running “The Beast”

Like Carol wrote recently with her pictures, I have had a similar experience that have showed me that I have made some really great headway in the past year or so.  Last Saturday, I went to do a run with my younger son’s cross country team from Golden Valley High School.  They were doing “The Beast”, [...]

What a difference a year makes

A year ago Karen and I started this blog and it was about weight loss. It was a place to share our journey as we lost weight. Along the way, we’ve realized that weight loss– the way we want to do it-meant being balanced in all areas of our lives. So while we still [...]

Intentional eating part 2–What’s your intention?

This intentional eating experiment is interesting.  I realize how many days I eat without thinking about the food I’m ingesting much less setting the intention that I am eating to nourish my body and spirit.  Yesterday for example I did well at breakfast.  I made a beautiful egg white scramble with veggies and had some [...]

Being Responsible

I’ve always prided myself on being a responsible person.  If you hire me to do a job I do my best to come through and get it done.  I had a thought today that perhaps many of us are keep back from really living our lives by doing what society thinks is responsible.  Karen and [...]

A date with a friend and nature

Sometimes what you need to nourish your soul is a nice visit with a friend. Karen and I met Thursday for brunch at one of our favorite meeting places Dish in La Canada.  We initially chose to meet at Dish because it was geographically in between Karen in Santa Clarita and me in South Pasadena, [...]

An experiment–intentional food preparation and eating

I’m doing an experiment this week, you can join me if you want.  Every time I prepare food or eat I’m infusing the food with the intention of love and healing.  Simply said as I’m preparing and eating my food I’m setting the intention that the food with nourish my body and help it self-heal.  [...]

On Fuel

I was working on a weight CD for a client.  I love doing these CD’s because they always help me too!  As I was working on suggestions for not eating strictly because food is in front of us–this suggestion can forth. 
Think of your car-you only fill the fuel tank when you need fuel for your car.  [...]

Wanting to Be

I spend a lot of time wanting to be different.  And I know this desire comes out of the genuine desire to be a better person.  I certainly think this is an admirable goal.  But I think its time I take my list of “wanting to be’s” out of the closet and really look at [...]

The Negative Energy Bounce

I had to write about this thing that happened to me this week because it was so dramatic.  I believe we are affected by the energy of others around us, and that often we can actually feel it and absorb it.  We can also learn to shield ourselves from the energies we don’t want to take [...]

If love is ice cream, you’ll never be thin!

I’m in the midst of making some big decisions in my life and it has me nervous.  I find myself craving my old friend ice cream!   This wouldn’t be so bad if I had any control and could have just one scoop of ice cream but once I start eating it–it as though there is [...]

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Karen & Carol

Karen & Carol

Karen Maleck-Whiteley & Carol Woodliff are friends, hypnotherapists and artists who are on their own personal and professional journeys to living well. They started this blog to chronicle their own personal journey with weight loss but it became so much more along the way. Because after all, a healthy life isn't just about what your clothing size is, it is whether you are able to truly live your life fully and healthily body, mind and spirit!

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